Weather Service confirms tornado touched down in Coffee County Thursday

10:57 AM,
Feb. 24, 2014

This barn destroyed on Pinson School Road near Springfield is among the most significant of the damage reported in Robertson County. Much of the damage was limited to trees and power lines, according to county officials. Eric Miller/Gannett Tennessee

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The National Weather Service confirmed that a weak tornado hit Coffee County during a wave of severe storms that passed through Middle Tennessee Thursday night.

The EF-1, which marks the first tornado of 2014 for Middle Tennessee, didn't injure anyone, but it tore through grain silos along Highway 41 in Pelham, according to a storm survey released by the Weather Service.